A
union
representing
12,000 workers in Saskatchewan stuffed the government’s mailbox with nearly
2,000 postcards yesterday.
But
these
postcards
aren’t bringing greetings
from a tropical vacation —
members from the Service
Employees
International
Union–West
(SEIU–West)
handed over the protest
postcards at the Saskatoon
cabinet office on Monday
expressing concerns about
expected changes to labour
legislation.
“We have no problem
with fixing essential services. We have no problem
with reviewing labour legislation,” said union president
Barbara Cape. “But we think
it should be done in a more
widespread, encompassing
manner so that everybody
gets a chance to be involved
in the conversation.”
Cape said there will be
harsh consequences for
workers if new labour legislation is passed too quickly
and a three-month consultation period with unions
and workers wasn’t long
enough.
The province has been
working to fix its essentialservices legislation after a
Queen’s Bench judge ruled
in February that current

law was unconstitutional.
While examining this particular legislation the ministry made plans to overhaul 15 separate pieces of
workplace-related laws in
one omnibus labour bill,
expected to be introduced
in legislature later this fall.
The ministry said listening to concerns are
necessary when writing
new legislation, especially
to avoid or address what
Labour Minister Don Morgan called “unnecessary
consequence.”
“We urge everyone to
wait and hear the bill when
it is presented,” said Morgan.
Cape said there are a lot
of people who still don’t
know how the changes
would affect them.
“Young workers, marginalized workers just do
not have the opportunity to
participate in these labour
changes, and they’re going
to be the folks most impacted by these, so ... our
government needs to step
back and really give them a
chance to have their voice
heard.” with files from
The Canadian
and CJWW
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Barbara Cape, president of Service Employees International Union–West, stands in front of a crowd of union members outside of the Saskatoon cabinet office
on Monday. The union presented thousands of protest postcards to the government expressing concerns over expected changes to labour legislation.
Jane Caulfield/metro in saskatoon

Court ruling struck down labour law

Province
readies
appeal
The Saskatchewan Court
of Appeal will start hearing
arguments Tuesday on a

lower court ruling that found
the province’s essential-services law unconstitutional.
Labour Minister Don
Morgan says the ruling broke
new ground when it stated
there is charter protection
for the right to strike.
Morgan says the province

wants to respect the right
of unions to organize, but
it doesn’t want the right
to strike enshrined in the
Constitution.
He also says the ruling
could impact how legislation
is drafted across Canada.
The essential-services

legislation was introduced in
December 2007 shortly after
the Saskatchewan Party won
its first provincial election.
The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, representing
about two dozen plaintiffs,
challenged the law.
The Canadian Press

A new residential housing
unit is giving women an opportunity to get clean without having to go to jail.
“When we started the Regina Drug Treatment Court,
what we found is that many
of the women simply failed
and they failed because they
were addicts and they didn’t
have any kind of stable residence. They were preyed
upon, quick frankly,” said Associate Chief Judge Clifford
Toth.
Women under the Regina
Drug Treatment Court will
now have the option to go to
supportive residence, called
Kate’s Place, when completing court-mandated drug
treatment. Prior to this twoyear pilot project, the only
other option was going to jail.
The program is funded by the
federal government in partnership with Saskatchewan
Housing and managed by the
Man denied chemo

“For many women, this
is housing at a level they
haven’t had in years;
they have been living on
the street.”
Associate Chief Judge Clifford Toth

Salvation Army, which runs a
similar male program at the
Waterston Centre.
“There was nothing for
women, so they didn’t have
this option at all and that was
paining a lot of people in the
community that this option
wasn’t available,” said Capt.
Ben Lippers, executive director of Kate’s Place.
The residence offers 11
bachelor suites and residents
must adhere to curfew, get
drug tested weekly and attend daily counselling set by
out the provincial court. They
are also offered night activities like life-skills knowledge
and cooking.
“For many women, this
is housing at a level they
haven’t had in years; they
have been living on the
street,” said Judge Toth, at the
official opening on Monday.
Kate’s Place has been operational since May and is almost at full capacity.
ter to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney seeking
clarification of changes
announced in the spring
as well as a review of the
policy.
The move comes after
the federal government
denied chemotherapy to a
refugee claimant in Saskatoon.
Duncan says he believes
the case meets Ottawa’s
own guidelines of urgent

Susan has been living in Kate’s Place since October, which allows her to stay with her six-month-old son, Cole.
ALYSSA MCDONALD/METRO

and essential care, so the
chemotherapy should have
been covered.
The federal government
has said the changes are
meant to deter bogus refugee claims and ensure that
failed asylum seekers don’t
take advantage of Canada’s
free health care.
Saskatchewan has picked
up the tab for the man’s
chemotherapy.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

Education

Rising student
enrolments warrant
boost in funding
The Saskatchewan government is giving some school
divisions more money because of a boost in student
numbers.
Education Minister Russ
Marchuk says eight school

divisions in high-growth
areas will share an additional $6.6 million.
Marchuk says school divisions are facing challenges
when it comes to providing
education services and finding space for new students.
The province is also
spending $800,000 for as
many as 50 portable classrooms for the start of the
next school year.
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03

Ford blames his ouster from
office on ‘left-wing politics’
Conflict-of-interest
case. T.O. mayor plans
to appeal decision,
vows to run again
jessica
smith

Metro in Toronto

Stubbornly believing he wasn’t
breaking the law on conflict of
interest despite never having
read it wasn’t a good enough
defence for Toronto Mayor Rob
Ford, a judge ruled Monday.
Justice Charles Hackland
found that Ford broke the
Municipal Conflict of Interest Act in a council vote last
February and ordered his seat
vacated in 14 days.
“Outright ignorance of the
law will not suffice, nor will
wilful blindness as to one’s
obligations,” wrote the judge.
One of Ford’s key defences
in the legal challenge brought
by Toronto resident Paul Madger was that if he did in fact
break the conflict-of-interest
law, he did it honestly, in an
error of judgment, which is a
valid defence under the act.
On the stand in September, Ford testified he knew
all about conflict of interest
despite never having read
the act because his father
had been an MPP. The judge

found that insufficient.
In brief remarks to a
throng of reporters at city
hall, Ford said he will appeal
the ruling and would “fight
tooth and nail” to hold on to
his job. If that fails, he will
run for re-election.
“I’m going to fight for the
taxpayers like I always have,”
he said. He blamed the outcome on the left wing. “This
comes down to left-wing politics,” he said. “The left wing
wants me out of here.”
Lawyer Clayton Ruby, who
represented Madger, said Ford
has no one to blame but himself. “While we’re pleased to
have won this case, we are
also saddened by it. It is tragic
that the mayor of a great city
should bring himself to this,”
said Ruby. “Rob Ford did this to
Rob Ford.... It could have been
avoided if Rob Ford had used a
bit of common sense and if he
had played by the rules.”
Ruby said Ford should
never have taken money from
lobbyists for his football fund
to begin with. But it was the
mayor’s decision months later
to take part in a council vote
concerning whether or not he
should have to pay it back that
landed him in trouble.
Ford’s staunch ally on council, Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti,
announced he would be quitting Ford’s executive committee in the wake of the decision.

Seeking clarification

Both sides
confused
over ruling

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, left, speaks to the media at city hall in Toronto on Monday. Ford has been ordered out of
office after a judge ruled Monday he broke conflict-of-interest rules. nathan denette/the canadian press

Justice Charles Hackland could have barred
Toronto’s Mayor Rob Ford
from running again for
seven years, but instead
opted to disqualify him
for the “current term.”
It was not immediately
clear whether that meant
Ford’s term ended with
his ouster, meaning he
would be free to run in a
possible byelection.
Lawyer John Mascarin,
a municipal law expert,
called the ruling ambiguous, but said he believed
Hackland “clearly” meant
to bar Ford from running
for office until the current council term is over
in 2014.
Both parties could
write the judge to seek
clarification, said Mascarin, who called the ruling “unprecedented.”
The judge did put his
declaration on hold for 14
days to give the city time
to deal with the situation.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

Blaze at workshop for disabled leaves 14 dead

Firefighters try to extinguish flames in a workshop for disabled people in
Titisee-Neustadt, Germany, Monday. Kamera24.TV/the associated press
Flammable sunscreen

Health Canada
expands recall
The makers of a popular
line of sun products is
expanding its recall of
continuous-spray sunscreens because they pose a
fire risk.
Health Canada says consumers should check Banana
Boat sunscreen products

in their travel kits and at
cottages to see if they are
subject to the recall.
A statement from the department says the products
can ignite on the skin if a
user is exposed to an open
flame or spark before the
sunscreen has dried.
There have been five
reports of such events, one
in Canada and four in the
United States.
the canadian press

Fourteen people were killed
and eight injured Monday
when a fire broke out at a
workshop for disabled people
in Germany’s Black Forest region, authorities said. Scores
had to be rescued from the
building as it quickly filled
with smoke.
More than 100 firefighters were deployed to battle
the blaze, which began at the
complex in Titisee-Neustadt
in the afternoon, said Markus
Straub, a spokesman for local
firefighters.
Ambulances raced to the
scene as smoke poured from
Presumed dead

Search ends for
boy swept to sea
The coast guard ended a
search Monday for a teenager whose parents were
killed after they plunged
into the cold, powerful
surf in Northern California
in a nightmarish chain of
events that started when
their son tried to save the

the windows of the modern,
three-storey centre in one of
the country’s deadliest blazes
in recent memory. German
Chancellor Angela Merkel is
“shocked” about the loss of
so many lives, her spokesman
said on Twitter.
The cause of the fire was
not immediately known, police and firefighters said.
The centre usually has
around 120 people at any one
time, said Mirko Steffl, a police spokesman in the nearby
city of Freiburg.
It was not immediately clear
how many people had to be
family dog from drowning.
Mary Elena Scott, 57,
and Howard Gregory
Kuljian, 54, both drowned
during the incident Saturday, said Ariel Gruenthal, a
deputy coroner.
The boy, Gregory James
Kuljian, has not been found
and is presumed dead.
Three-metre waves had
pulled the dog into the ocean
Saturday as it ran to retrieve
a stick. the associated press

rescued, but by late afternoon
workers had determined that
no one else remained trapped
in the building, he said.
“The biggest problem
this afternoon was the
smoke situation,” said Alfred
Oschwald, another Freiburg
police spokesman. Smoke inhalation is believed to be the
likely cause of the deaths of
the 13 disabled people and
one of the facility’s social
workers, he told broadcaster
n-tv. Eight people were hurt,
but none of them had lifethreatening injuries, he said.
Some 25 psychological
Bizarre contest

Man choked to
death on roaches
A Florida man choked to
death after downing dozens
of live roaches to win a
contest earlier this year in
which the grand prize was
a python, according to an
autopsy released Monday.
Edward Archbold, 32, of
West Palm Beach died as a

The centre

The centre employs people
with mental or physical
disabilities in a variety of
jobs, including metalwork,
woodwork and electrical
installation, and it is run
by the Catholic Church’s
Caritas organization.

counsellors were assisting
those rescued from the building and the victims’ relatives
in a nearby warehouse, Steffl
said. the associated press
result of “asphyxia due to
choking and aspiration of
gastric contents,” according to the report released
by the Broward County
medical examiner’s office.
It said his airway was obstructed by the roach body
parts, which caused him to
not be able to breathe.
Lab tests for drugs came
back negative. The death
has been ruled an accident.
the associated press

04

business

metronews.ca
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Carney to head
Bank of England
Crossing the pond.
Canada’s central banker
is ‘going to where the
challenges are greatest’
Mark Carney is leaving the
Bank of Canada for one of the
most storied financial positions
in the world — to take over the
Bank of England at a pivotal
time in its 318-year history.
The announcement shocked
observers on both sides of the
pond, particularly as Carney
had previously played down reports he was being considered,
as he also played down rumours
about joining the International
Monetary Fund and the Liberal
Party.
But the Bank of England
rumours turned out to have
substance, although Carney on
Monday said he had not formally applied for the job and only
made the decision in the last
two weeks. He insisted he was
not leaving Canada in the lurch
for the big job, however.
“We have a system that
works very well. It’s been tested

Milking time at the European Parliament
Police officers are sprayed with milk by dairy farmers during a demonstration in front of the European Parliament
building in Brussels on Monday. Farmers from across Europe drove their tractors into the city for a two-day demonstration to protest against what they believe are unfair milk prices. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/The Associated Press
Personal finance

Ottawa increases
limit on tax-free
savings accounts
Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney addresses a news conference in
Ottawa on Monday after it was announced that he will be the new head of
the Bank of England. Fred Chartrand/The canadian Press

under the biggest economic
and financial shock we’ll ever
see in our lifetime and it has
passed that test,” he told reporters.
“I’m going to where the
challenges are greatest because
I’m confident that the strengths
are as deep and as broad as they
are here in Canada. I could not

do it any other way.”
Finance
Minister
Jim
Flaherty called Carney his
“friend” and admitted the news
was “bittersweet.”
“It is our loss, of course it is.
Mark has been a superb governor of the Bank of Canada for
more than five years, so his loss
will be felt.” The Canadian Press

Ottawa says Canadians
will be able to be able to
contribute an additional
$500 a year on their Tax
Free Savings Accounts
starting Jan. 1. That means
Canadians can put in $5,500
a year, with any investment
income earned not subject
to taxation while it remains
in the TFSA. The increase
will be the first adjustment
in the contribution limit
since TFSAs were created in
2009. The Canadian Press

Research in Motion

Another analyst
ups target price
Research In Motion’s
reputation is having a bit
of a revival after being all
but written off by many
observers who think it has
little chance of competing
against Apple and Android
smartphones. CIBC raised
its target price Monday
on RIM shares to $17 US,
up from $8 US, based “on
RIM’s existing subscribers wanting to upgrade
to BB10.” RIM launches
its new smartphones and
operating system Jan. 30.
The Canadian Press

New York City. Accused
in insider trading case
released on $5M bail
A former hedge fund portfolio manager accused of
passing along information in
one of the largest insider trading fraud cases in history appeared in a Manhattan court
for the first time Monday and
was released on $5 million US
bail, though his movements
were restricted.
Mathew Martoma, 38,
must post $2 million US in
cash or property by next
week to satisfy the new bail
requirements, which will
limit his travel to New York,
New Jersey, Florida and Massachusetts.
Martoma was arrested
last week on charges that
between 2006 and 2008, he
helped to engineer one of the
largest insider trading frauds
in history. Martoma worked
with CR Intrinsic Investors,
an affiliate of SAC Capital
Advisors. SAC is owned by
Steven A. Cohen, one of the
world’s richest men.
Martoma was not required
to enter a plea, since an indictment has not been returned.
“We took care of business
today and we’ll be back another day,” said Martoma’s
lawyer, Charles Stillman.
Martoma was arrested on
Nov. 20. Prosecutors say he
exploited an acquaintance
with a medical school profes-

Mathew Martoma, former SAC Capital
Advisors hedge fund manager, exits
a Manhattan court Monday after
being released on $5 million US bail.
Louis Lanzano/The Associated press

sor to get confidential, advance results from tests of an
Alzheimer’s disease drug.
Prosecutors say he shared
the information with others,
enabling more than $276 million US to be made illegally
for his fund and others. The
government said in court
papers that he caused other
investment advisers to buy
shares in the drug companies,
and then he and the others
ditched their investments
before the public found out
about the drug trial’s disappointing results, allowing
them all to make big profits
and avoid huge losses.
The Associated Press

Buffett renews
call for tax hike
on ‘ultrarich’
Billionaire Warren Buffett is
again calling for higher taxes
on America’s “ultrarich” and
he’s urging Congress to compromise on spending cuts and
tax increases.
Buffett said the current
tax system has contributed to
the growing gap between rich
and poor. He said he supports
President Barack Obama’s
proposal to end the Bush tax
cuts for the wealthy, but he’d
prefer setting the point where
taxes increase at $500,000 US
income instead of the $250,000
US the White House proposed.
Buffett expressed his views
on fiscal policy Monday in an
opinion article that appeared
in The New York Times on the
same day Congress returned
from the Thanksgiving holiday.
In the article, Buffett
mocked the idea that investors
would pull back if capital gains
taxes increase. Buffett said he’s
never seen that happen even
when capital gains taxes were
above 25 per cent early in his
investing career.
The Associated Press

By the numbers

30%

Buffett reiterated his call for a minimum tax
of 30 per cent on income between $1 million
and $10 million US, and a 35 per cent rate for
income above that.

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metronews.ca
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

05

Merchants fear cost
of wireless payments
Mobile wallets. Fees
could be ‘next big
wave of gouging’ by
banks and credit-card
companies, says small
business association

Like mother, like daughter
This campaign ad image provided by Guess? Inc., shows six-year-old Dannielynn Birkhead. The daughter of the late
Anna Nicole Smith, is walking in her mother’s shoes, taking a starring role in the spring ad campaign for Guess
Kids. Guess? Inc./The Associated Press

The European Union wants
Canada to agree to compensate European companies
for any losses that stem from
changes to health, environment or safety rules in Canada, according to documents
obtained by The Canadian
Press.
A recent draft of the investment chapter of the
broad free-trade agreement
that Canada and the EU are
negotiating shows 50 pages
of complex, widespread disagreement between the two
governments over how their
investors should be treated in
the other’s jurisdiction.
Canada initially asked for
the investment protections,
but as the trade negotiations
reach their final hours, Europe appears to be pushing
for stiffer rules than Canada
wants.
Specifically, the Europeans are resisting Canada’s
Share buybacks

Yahoo stock hits
highest level in
over two years
Yahoo’s shares touched
$19 US Monday, the first
time they have traded
that high in more than
two and half years.
The latest gains extend
a rally that has been gaining momentum in recent
weeks as Yahoo Inc. buys
back its own stock and
more investors bet on
CEO Marissa Mayer’s
ability to turn around the
long-struggling company.
Mayer, a former top
executive at Internet

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request to carve
out
health,
safety and the
environment
from
rules
about expropriation —
even though
such clauses
have become
standard in
most of Canada’s
trade
and
investment treaties.
In the Oct.
26 draft, Canada
says that “nondiscriminatory
measures by a party
that are designed
and applied to protect
legitimate public welfare
objectives, such as health,
safety and the environment,
do not constitute indirect expropriations.”

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The Associated Press

set up by the Finance Department to further study the issue
has been told businesses worry
they’ll be hit with new fees as
consumers adopt payment systems designed for their mobile devices.
The Canadian Federation of Independent
Business says many
of its 109,000 members are terrified
the fees will become too much
of a burden,

just like those charged for premium credit cards. “Merchants
got creamed by fees by creditcard companies when they
introduced premium cards a
couple of years ago,” said CFIB
president and CEO Dan Kelly.
“So merchants are absolutely petrified that mobile payments, cellphone payments,
may be the next big wave of
gouging on the part of banks,
credit-card companies and potentially new entrants.”
The Canadian Press

search leader Google Inc.,
became Yahoo’s fifth
CEO in five years when
the company hired her
in July. Since her arrival,
Mayer has vowed to make
the Sunnyvale, Calif.,
company a better place
to work, refine its online
services and roll out more
products tailored for
smartphones and tablet
computers.
Yahoo has also been
trying to boost its stock
price by spending most
of money that it received
from a recent deal to
buy back its own shares.
Mayer has pledged to
spend $3.6 billion buying
back Yahoo’s stock.

Mobile operator O2 introduced a wireless payment system to U.K. consumers
in the spring. Small-business owners in Canada are worried that the advent
of so-called mobile wallets here will give banks and credit-card companies a
new way to overcharge them. Tim Whitby/Getty images for o2

Small businesses are worried
that so-called mobile wallets
will give banks and credit-card
companies a new way to gouge
them and consumers both.
A task force recommended
nearly a year ago that Ottawa
introduce legislation to give
Canadians and businesses better tools to make payments
digitally. But a
committee

The Canada Post Group of Companies reported Monday its sixth consecutive quarter of
losses as mail volumes continue to decline amid
a consumer shift away from paper-based communication. The Crown corporation reported Monday a
third-quarter loss of $50 million, an improvement
from a loss of $113 million during the quarter last year.
However, it warned its mail volumes are “likely to decline
further and rapidly.” For the first three quarters of the year,
it lost $61 million overall, narrowing a loss of $110 million for
the first nine months of 2011. The company is struggling with an
influx of consumers turning to online billing as well as using email for
many correspondences. The Canadian Press

Investor lawsuit

B.C. breweries

Trump condo
closing date
extended

Cascadia ale:
Trademark or
emerging style?

Talon International Inc.
has extended the closing
date for the sale of hotel
condominium units at
Trump International Hotel
and Tower Toronto in order
to deal with inquiries by the
Ontario Securities Commission.
The new deadline of
Dec. 13 come as Talon faces
a lawsuit from a group of
investors, who have also
sought a formal investigation by the OSC. The former
deadline was Thursday.

There’s trouble a brewin’ in
the B.C. beer industry over
the use of the trademarked
term Cascadian to describe a
style of dark, hoppy ale.
Vancouver’s SteamWorks
Brewery trademarked the
name Cascadia and all derivatives of the term, including
Cascadian, in 2006, as the
brand name of its Cascadia
Cream Ale.
SteamWorks CEO Eli
Gershkovitch said the headaches began in 2010 when
a group of beer aficionados

A view of the Trump International
Hotel and Tower in Toronto.
Torstar News Service File

Talon developed and
owns the property and
licenses the Trump brand
name. A company affiliated
with U.S. celebrity businessman Donald Trump manages the hotel for Talon.
The Canadian Press

in Portland, where the
Canadian trademark is not
valid, tried to get the Great
American Beer Festival to
recognize Cascadian Dark
Ale as a new style of beer.
The proposal was rejected, but a number of B.C.
craft breweries latched onto
the term, releasing their
own versions of Cascadian
dark ale. Each brewery that
used it was contacted by
SteamWorks and given a
friendly heads up that the
term is trademarked in
Canada. But Granville Island
Brewing takes the view that
it is an emerging style of
beer, and hopes a conversation with the company will
yield some flexibility.
Kate Webb/Metro in Vancouver

06

voices

metronews.ca
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

When did I start
worrying about The Queen’s very hairy encounter
mom and dad?
By royal appointment

My mother once told me that
parents never stop worrying
about their children. This
Jessica Napier
might be true, but I didn’t
metronews.ca
realize how early on I’d start
worrying about them.
I’ve enjoyed a pretty typical parent-child relationship
with my mother and father. They were the reliable authority figures who always insisted I wear a jacket, taught
me to save a portion of my paycheque and begrudgingly
drove me home when I got too drunk at a party. But in
my mid-20s, something strange happened; all of a sudden
there was a role reversal, and I was the one acting like the
concerned parent.
Shouldn’t you be eating
Tables turning
more green vegetables,
mom and dad? Maybe cut
As we transition from
back on the drinking and
give up that occasional
rebellious adolescents
cigarette habit? Perhaps you
to self-centred,
should start incorporating
young adults to
some more exercise into
responsible grown-ups, your daily routine and try
be a bit more careful
we begin to appreciate to
with your finances.
our parents in a new
My parents aren’t elderly
light. They are no longer by any means, but they
weren’t exactly teenagers
just the guardians of
when they had me. It’s
the car keys but actual
probably not necessary, but
I find myself fretting more
people with real
about their ability to take
vulnerabilities.
care of themselves. I feel
compelled to check in on
them every once in a while to make sure there’s fresh
fruit in the fridge and no one has fallen down the stairs.
As we transition from rebellious adolescents to selfcentred, young adults to responsible grown-ups, we
begin to appreciate our parents in a new light. They are
no longer just the guardians of the car keys, but actual
people with real vulnerabilities.
Whenever I see my parents in pain — physical or emotional — it’s heartbreaking. When I realize that one day
they might be entirely dependent on me, I start to panic. I
will never be ready, but will I be able to take care of them
when the time comes?
My father likes to joke that he wants Queen’s Another
One Bites the Dust played at his funeral. I used to think
this was funny, now it makes me sick to my stomach.
As adult children, it’s hard to confront the inevitable truth that our parents are going to die one day.
It’s only natural that we’d try to do whatever we can
to prolong the inevitable, even if that means
turning into overly-protective worriers. After
all, a few small changes now could result in a
a
few more years together, and
I want mom and dad to be
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The Queen has encountered a green Yeti, but in
truth this sight is far from
abominable. Queen Elizabeth II met a camouflaged
sniper from the Household
Cavalry at Combermere
Barracks near Windsor
Castle.
During her visit, the
Queen perused some army
paraphernalia, including
a machine gun and some
military boots. Metro
Equine interests

Diamond is a
royal’s best friend
The Queen is no stranger
to cavalry, as her lifelong
love for horses was apparent during her time at
the barracks. Her Majesty
approached and petted
a drum horse, which
was on official duty for
the first time during the
Queen’s visit.
The drum horse was
renamed Adamas, which
means diamond in Greek,
in commemoration of the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Metro

The barracks history

• Founded in 1804, the
barracks comprises
more than 20 acres
and is located within a
kilometre of Windsor
Castle. It’s home to
the Household Cavalry
Regiment, which uses
armoured vehicles and
tanks, such as Scimitar
tanks, in large-scale
war operations —
most recently in Iraq.
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firing blanks, John
Hillcoat’s Prohibition-era
western — based on a book
of the same name — looks
and sounds great, but fails
to tell a compelling story.
Bootlegging brothers Jack
(Shia LaBeouf), Forrest
(Tom Hardy) and Howard
Bondurant (Jason Clarke)
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station in their woodlands
Virginia refuge, but their
real coin comes from the
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attention of the feds, who
send down special deputy
Charley Rakes (Guy Pearce)
with the intent to clean
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Extras include an audio
commentary with Hillcoat
and author Matt Bondurant.
PETER HOWELL

The Hobbit trilogy is just one of the projects Peter Jackson’s Wellington studio has on the go. HANDOUT

New Zealand: The
land of special effects
Hurrying for
The Hobbit. Peter
Jackson’s Wellington
studio puts together
blockbusters in a
pastoral setting
A crate full of sushi arrives.
Workers wearing wetsuit shirts
or in bare feet bustle past with
slim laptops. With days to go, a
buzzing intensity fills the oncedilapidated warehouses where
Peter Jackson’s visual-effects
studio is rushing to finish the
opening film in The Hobbit trilogy.
The fevered pace at the
Weta Digital studio near Wellington, New Zealand, will last
nearly until the actors walk the
red carpet Nov. 28 for the world
premiere. But after The Hobbit:
An Unexpected Journey hits
theatres, there’s more work to

be done.
Weta Digital is the centrepiece of a filmmaking empire
that Jackson and close collaborators have built in his New
Zealand hometown, realizing
his dream of bringing a slice
of Hollywood to Wellington.
It’s a one-stop shop for making
major movies — not only his
own, but other blockbusters
like Avatar and The Avengers
and hoped-for blockbusters like
next year’s Man of Steel.
Along the way, Jackson has
become revered here, even receiving a knighthood. His humble demeanour and crumpled
appearance appeal to distinctly
New Zealand values, yet his
modesty belies his influence.
He’s also attracted criticism
along the way.
The special-effects workforce of 150 on The Lord of
the Rings trilogy a decade ago
now numbers 1,100. Only five
of Weta Digital’s workers are
actual employees, however,

while the rest are contractors.
Many accept the situation because movie work often comes
irregularly but pays well. Union
leaders, though, say the workers lack labour protections
existing in almost any other
industry.
Like many colleagues, Weta
Digital’s director, Joe Letteri,
came to New Zealand in 2001
to work on the Rings trilogy for
two years. The work kept coming, so he bought a house in
Wellington and stayed.
“People come here because
they know it’s their chance to
do something really great and
to get it up on the screen,” he
said in a recent interview.
Jackson, who declined to
be interviewed for this story,
launched Weta in 1993 with
fellow filmmakers Jamie Selkirk and Richard Taylor. Named
after an oversized New Zealand
insect, the company later was
split into its digital arm and
Weta Workshop, which makes

Big business

The New Zealand government calculates that
feature films contribute
$560 million each year to
New Zealand’s economy.
Like many countries, New
Zealand offers incentives
and rebates to film companies and will contribute
about $100 million toward
the $500 million production
costs of The Hobbit trilogy.

props and costumes.
Beyond having creativity
as a filmmaker, Jackson has
proved a savvy businessman,
Letteri says. “The film business
in general is volatile, and visual
effects has to be sitting right on
the crest of that wave,” Letteri
says. “We don’t get asked to do
something that somebody has
seen before.”
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

If you didn’t catch the
masterpiece that was Sunday night’s Liz and Dick on
Lifetime, you missed out
on the pop culture phenomenon of the month.
Critics had a mighty fine
time lambasting what was
to be Lindsay Lohan’s return to acting prominence.
Instead, her performance
seemed like it was best
suited for community theatre, if community theatre
were held in a prison.
But Lohan will not let a
little thing like public ridicule get her down— RadarOnline.com is reporting
that now that she’s gotten
a taste of TV, she wants her
own sitcom.
“Lindsay has asked her
manager and agent to look
into getting her her own
television sitcom,” a source
tells the website.
“Lindsay feels that the
small screen would be a

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Charles in charge?
Not anytime soon, it seems
Prince Charles, who recently celebrated his 64th
birthday, may be growing
tired of being the longestwaiting heir to the throne
in British history, as his
86-year-old mother, the
Queen, shows no sign of
stepping down.

“Impatient? Me? What
a thing to suggest! Yes,
of course I am,” Charles
joked with reporters
recently, according to the
Telegraph. “I’ll run out
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“Lindsay is loving the
idea of having her own
sitcom and would love to
play someone in a story
based on her crazy life.”
Source speaking to RadarOnline.com

great way for her to revitalize her acting career and
that a comedy would be the
best bet. Lindsay feels most
comfortable doing comedy
and it was Charlie Sheen
that told her she should do
it. Charlie told Lindsay that
it was an easy way to make
very good money and help
her to get her movie career
back on track. Lindsay is
loving the idea of having
her own sitcom and would
love to play someone in a
story based on her crazy
life.”
And honestly, judging
from the attention Liz and
Dick received, I’m sure
Lifetime got some of the
best ratings it has seen in
years. So maybe it will be
Lohan who will get the last
laugh? (Ed note: Actually,
no, scratch that ending.
We’ll all still be laughing
about Liz and Dick for a
long, long time.)

WELLNESS

metronews.ca
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Looking for a winter
fitness challenge?
EMMA
GODMERE

life@metronews.ca

By starting a new, simple
training routine now, you
can set a goal of running your
first race come 2013.
Added bonus: You double
your calorie burn when you
run in the winter, as your
body works to keep warm
while you keep up your pace.
But what if you’ve never
run before?
Where do you start?
One of the first things a
new runner should consider
is finding a training buddy,
says Shelley Beaubien, naStart sharing

This is the second in
a week-long series of
articles chronicling some
of the rites of passage
many of Metro’s readers
will experience as they
leave the nest or school
and head out on their
own.
Do you some marathon
tips? Visit metronews.
ca/features/firsts, tweet
us or even turn to the
person next to you and
share your advice to a
marathon newbie.

tional clinics and training
program administrator for
Running Room Canada.
“When you’re starting
out, you want to be able to
talk while you’re running,”
explains Beaubien. If you
can continue a conversation,
you’re keeping a good pace.
“If you’re running too
hard, you overtrain, you can
get injured, or you drop out.”
Running with a friend ensures you stay motivated and
safe.
As the temperature dips,
the weather poses more risks
to runners, and a friend will
be able to watch for signs of
hypothermia.
Beaubien
emphasizes
keeping your head, hands,
and feet properly covered
and warm while wearing appropriate training gear.
First-timers should combine running and walking
in intervals and set aside
enough time to train three
times a week at a time of day
that works best for you, says
Beaubien.
New runners should also
run for time and not distance
as your body adapts to a new
training routine.
As your strength increases,
you can increase the intensity
or distance of your run.
But the Running Room advises against expanding your
distance program any more
than about 10 per cent per
week.
By starting your training
on the right foot, you’re helping yourself stick to a healthy
routine for the long haul.
“You want to make sure
that you’re not doing it just
for a short period of time,”
says Beaubien.
“You want to think about
it as a lifestyle change ... a
way to get healthy and stay
healthy the rest of your life.”

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Here are some winter
running tips from John
Stanton, founder and
president of the Running
Room Canada, from his
book, Running: Complete Guide to Building
Your Running Program.
the intensity of
your workout.
1Adjust
your head covered
and your hands and
2feetKeep
warm, as a significant
amount of our heat loss
comes from our extremities.

up properly, start
your runs at a comfort3ableWarm
pace and slowly build

up to a pace slower than
your normal training pace.

Cover all exposed skin.
If you or your running
4
partner have exposed skin,
be aware of each other to
prevent frostbite.

What to eat

Some of the most popular
(and simple) running foods,
according to the Running
Room:

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Oatmeal. Provides great
slow-digesting carbohydrates and fibre as part
of a pre-run meal.

•

Bananas. Popular before,
after, and even during
a run, as they replenish
potassium you lose as
you sweat.

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Consider something
you can keep up for
the long run and will
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salvation army
there to help

No matter what your circumstance, if
the need is there, The Salvation Army
is there to help.
The Waterston Centre/Waterston
House in Regina offers men a place
to go when they are in need.
As a multi-faceted facility, help is
available at almost any level, from
a short-term shelter, to long-term
residential housing.
Currently, Waterston has been
running at capacity and is hoping to
expand their services in the spring of
2013.
“It is getting harder and harder for
guys to find affordable accommodations in Regina,” says Ben Lippers,
executive director of The Salvation
Army Waterston Centre & Kate’s
Place.
“Regina is starting to see growth
we have never seen before.”
With more and more people heading to Regina looking for work, the
need for shelter increases.
With the growth, Lippers says the
cold weather is not helping the cause.
Currently, the Waterston Centre is
looking to partner with other shelters
in Regina to create an Extreme
Weather Shelter to ensure everyone
who is in need of a bed will get one
in the bitter cold.

Loraas Disposal has provided
services and donations to the
Salvation Army for decades.
We greatly appreciate
the work of the Salvation
Army and the staff at
Waterston Centre for your
contribution to making our
community a better place.

Beef and Butternut Squash
Stew goodness in 45 minutes
Almost by definition, beef stew
isn’t a weeknight-friendly dish.
That’s mostly because stew
meat is tough and requires a
long simmer to become tender.
But who has time for that at
the end of a long day?
Enter this speedy beef stew
that could be tossed together
and on the table in 45 minutes.
The first step is replacing
the meat. Stew meat is out. But
tender sirloin tips work perfectly when you brown them
first, then set them aside while
the other ingredients cook. The
meat is returned to the pot toward the end of cooking. The
result is a perfect taste and texture.

1.

In saucepan over mediumhigh, heat oil. Add beef, in
batches if needed to avoid
crowding pan, and cook, turning, until browned on all sides
but still rare at centre, about 5
minutes. Use a slotted spoon to
transfer the beef to a plate.

brown, about 5 minutes. Add
onion and garlic and continue
to cook until the onion is tender, 6 minutes.

3.

Add tomatoes, broth, paprika, thyme and mustard powder. Bring to simmer and cook
until the carrots and squash are
tender, about 20 minutes. Return the beef to the pot, as well
as any juices that have accumulated on the plate. Simmer for 5
minutes, then season with salt
and pepper. The Associated Press

Health Solutions

Get all beefy

• Grass fed beef has a
healthier fat profile.

Nutri-bites

• Grass fed lamb or bison
is a great option.

Theresa Albert
DHN, RNCP
myfriendinfood.com

• Any ground meat product needs to be thoroughly cooked to 72 C. The
surface area of a ground
product moves any
existing bacteria from the
outside, where it is more
easily cooked to a safe
temperature to the inside, where even a small
amount left undercooked
can make you sick.

With all the beef in the
news recently, one has
to wonder if it deserves
a place on your healthy
plate.
You have to weigh the
pros and cons (and measure your desire for flame
grilled against them).
From a nutritional
perspective, you can get
what beef boasts elsewhere:

The days of enjoying your
meat rare may be done
unless you really know
your source and have the
trust in fate of a skydiver,
but it doesn’t mean you
can’t enjoy beef.

• Mussels have almost
as much zinc and much
more B12.
• Chicken thighs have
about half the amount of
iron.

Theresa Albert is an author
and on call, private nutritionist in Toronto. She is @
theresaalbert on twitter and
found daily at myfriendinfood.
com

• Ounce for ounce, chicken, fish and pork all have
about the same amount
of protein.
But if you really want
the beef, here is
something to
think
about:

Five is the magic number in
this Roast Beef Tenderloin
It’s all about harmony and yinyang. And while that sounds
tritely New Age, it really is the
key to Chinese cuisine.
Because, as with so much
of Asian cooking, the blend of
seasonings known as five-spice
powder is intended to trigger a
sense of balance in the mouth
and nose. How? A selection of
spices that simultaneously hit
notes of warm and cool, sweet
and bitter, savoury and searing.
And that’s what you get
with five-spice powder, a mix
of fennel seeds, cinnamon,
cloves, star anise and Sichuan
peppercorns. Like spice blends
around the world, the proportions of those ingredients vary
by region, but some variant of it
is used throughout China.
Ingredients
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp five-spice powder
• 1 tbsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tbsp black pepper
• Two 2-lb beef tenderloins
• 2 large yellow onions,
chopped
• 2 large carrots, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 tbsp instant flour

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2. Use paper towels to pat dry
tenderloins, then rub them all
over with the spice blend. Set
on a plate, cover loosely with
plastic and refrigerate for at
least 1 hour, or up to 2 days. An
hour before roasting, remove
tenderloins from refrigerator

and let warm slightly at room
temperature.

3. Heat the oven to 375 F.
4. Lightly coat a roasting pan

with cooking spray. Scatter onions, carrots and garlic in pan,
then set roasting rack above
them. Set tenderloins on the
rack and roast 40 minutes, or
until beef reaches 120 F for
rare. Remove rack from pan,
cover the meat with foil,
then set aside to rest for 10

minutes.
5. Meanwhile, set roasting
pan over medium-high heat
on stovetop (you may need
to use two burners). Add
stock and wine; bring to simmer, scraping bottom of pan.
When liquid has reduced by
about half, strain and discard
solids. Return the pan and
sprinkle in the flour. Heat
until thickened.

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RELATIONSHIPS/your money

metronews.ca
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Don’t get caught off guard
— have a post-baby budget
Alison on Money.
What to expect when
you’re not expecting
Your
money

Alison Griffiths
money@metronews.ca

Regina and Monty, both 28
years old, have good news
and bad news. First the good:
They’re expecting! Now the
bad: It was completely unplanned and this high earning
($230,000 household income)
couple doesn’t have a dime of
savings beyond their RRSPs.
They did have a plan, which
was to start their family five
years hence and they were on
the verge of putting aside their
free-spending ways in order to
save up so Regina could quit
work for a couple of years.
That’s not going to happen,
so Monty is wondering about
the tax implications of Plan B
— taking money out of their
RRSPs for cash flow when their
precious little bundle arrives in
March and Regina’s income is

Fun and
frugal

RRSP facts

Lesley Scorgie
money@metronews.ca

• 43 per cent of Canadians

between 18 and 34 have
an RRSP account (up from
39 per cent in 2010).

• 16 per cent of 18 to

34-year-olds contribute
the maximum to their
RRSPs (down from 33 per
cent in 2010).
Are you going to be a parent? Time to start saving. Istock images

reduced.
Cleo Hamel of H&R Block offers an important caution about
this plan. “If Regina deposits
money into an RRSP, she has to
leave the deposit untouched for
at least 90 days before she can
claim the deduction.”
This information particularly applies to Regina and Monty
because they use year-end bonuses of about $18,000 to make
their RRSP contributions. Generally they make the lump sum
deposits in January.
Hamel also recommends
that they project Regina’s tax
situation while she is on maternity leave.
“Maternity leave benefits

Don’t suffer
in silence, bro

are generally only 55 per cent
of your employment income to
a maximum of about $445 per
week,” she notes. “However,
the amount Service Canada
withholds for taxes is about 10
per cent, which is lower than
the minimum federal tax rate.”
Often new mothers (my
daughter found herself in this
situation) end up owing tax in
their maternity leave year because the withholding amount
wasn’t sufficient, even with the
child tax credit.
RRSP withdrawals are subject to a higher withholding for
tax purposes. A financial institution would hold back 30 per

cent on a $20,000 withdrawal,
for example. Depending on
when Regina takes her leave of
absence, that might not be sufficient to cover her tax bill for
the year.
With high incomes, these
surprised parents-to-be have an
opportunity to save like Scrooge
over the next few months and
put aside a significant sum. But
they must immediately draw
up a post-baby budget to figure out exactly what
they need monthly
to pay the bills.
Contact Alison at griffiths.alison@
gmail.com or alisongriffiths.ca

Picture Christmas Day.
Family, friends and loved
ones have gathered to eat a
fantastic meal and exchange
gifts.
You draw names and get
to open your presents first.
As you unwrap each gift, you
quickly realize that you’ve
overspent on the presents
you’re about to give. Your
brother-in-law goes next and
opens your gift to him — a
$200 Hugo Boss wallet. Meanwhile, his gift to you was a
$20 pair of mitts. Your sister
gives you the evil eye because
your gift just trumped her
gift to her husband. Now
you’re really uncomfortable.
We’ve all been in this
position. Unclear gift expectations can lead to unpleasant
and unintended emotional
consequences over the
holidays.
The holidays are not
about gifts, but because it’s
customary to give presents,
save yourself from this ex-

“BE WISE WINTERIZE”

Delicious but messy to eat, so save it for the family table. istock

Linda
clarke

Metro World News in Boston

Fight depression with a chat. istock

It might have worked for our ancestors, but in today’s complex
social environment, bottling up
or ignoring troubled emotions is
like adding fuel to the fire.
“There’s a lot of depression
that’s not acknowledged and
not expressed,” Ross says. “Men
feel ashamed of it. There’s a lot
of stress derived from holding
it in so much, and physical
health suffers too.”
Ross stresses that opening
up to someone isn’t the weak
route, and that taking care of
your mental health is paramount to a fulfilling life.
“It’s old wiring that doesn’t
suit us in the 21st century,” he
says. “What is thought of as
strength and what is weakness,
we have it backward. Vulnerability is human and it takes
courage to be open and the
more open you are, the more
fully alive you are.”

perience and set expectations
in advance.
With your partner, discuss
your total holiday budget for
the season and how much
each of you will contribute
for family functions, dinners,
gifts, baking, parties and
entertainment. If it’s hard
to keep track of everything,
draw up a simple spreadsheet, list your financial commitments and total it up.
Talk about your holiday
budget limitations and
expectations. For example,
you may have set aside $500
and have to buy gifts for 10
people, meanwhile your
honey may have $1,000 to
spend on five people. It’s
also important to agree on
how much to spend on each
other. If you can’t agree on a
dollar value, consider putting
money towards a joint gift
like a kitchen appliance or a
weekend spa vacation. Or, instead of gifts, you could make
a donation to your favourite
charity.
Next, call your extended
family and agree on gift value
limits, like $50 per person,
or whether you want to draw
names and only buy for one
person. Do the same with
co-workers and friends.
Don’t be afraid to be frugal when holiday shopping.
It’s 100 per cent okay to use
coupons and take advantage
of deals to save money.

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Depression. Men
should confide in each
other to help ease pain

When it comes to men’s
mental health, there’s a fundamental difference between
the sexes. Women tend, generally, to look to support from
partners, or they seek support
from a network of girlfriends
or family. Failing that, they
often seek professional counsellors.
But either way, they express
emotions and talk through a
problem. Men often don’t want
to talk about their feelings, and
may even deny having problems, emotional or otherwise.
“Guys,” says holistic life
coach and counsellor Ken Ross, a
certified professional coach who
leads men’s groups, “traditionally, we tend to be islands. When it
comes to men confiding in men,
it doesn’t usually happen.” This
basic survival of the fittest wiring goes back to the cavemen.
Appearing strong and problemfree meant other males were
less likely to challenge or attack.

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How to handle
tricky French
onion soup
What is the proper way to
eat French onion soup? The
cheese just seems to string on
forever, so it’s hard to eat like
spaghetti and soup shouldn’t
need a fork to eat.
Charles
The butler

Firstly, French onion soup is not
an item that should be served
at a formal dinner because
of the difficulty of eating it.
This soup should be kept for
the family dinner table. Now
remember, for every rule, there
is always a wrong and right way
of breaking it when necessary.
I saw one successful way
to serve French onion soup at
formal restaurants in the ’70s.

A small pair of scissors would
be served along with the soup
so you could cut the strings of
cheese.
Now, as fun as that is, it
just isn’t practical. I mean,
who has 12 pairs of scissors
standing by for dinner parties?
So back to the question.
How do you eat French onion
soup without making a
mess? Well, all of that cheese
and bread does make for a
difficult battle. I have called
numerous friends in the
etiquette business and asked
their advice. Thankfully,
there seems to be consensus.
I personally wrap the cheese
around the soup spoon and
then press it against the
side of the bowl to “cut” the
cheese. I then fill the soup
spoon with liquid and bring
it up to my mouth. Ideally,
you should never use your
fingers, but trust me, we
all have! My last tip? Never
order this with clients, it is
truly an eat-at- home only
menu item.

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CFL

SPORTS

Lewis positive
after Stamps loss
A sombre group of
Stampeders returned to
Calgary on Monday, a day
after a 35-22 loss to the
host Toronto Argonauts in
the 100th Grey Cup.
Despite the loss,
veteran receiver Nik Lewis
remained optimistic about
a 2012 season that saw the
Stampeders overcome a
slow start and knock off
the defending Grey Cup
champions in the West
Division final.
“I felt like we did a
great job this season,” said
Lewis. “We just came up
a little short, didn’t play a
really good game when we
needed to.” THE CANADIAN PRESS
CFL

Knicks, Nets make up for lost time in Brooklyn
New York Knicks centre Tyson Chandler, left, knocks the ball from the hands of Nets guard Deron Williams at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Monday.
The Nets won 96-89 in overtime as the city rivals played the makeup game of their season opener that was postponed due to Superstorm Sandy.
KATHY WILLENS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘New approach’ ahead
in lockout negotiations
NHL. League, players’
union agree to allow
mediators into stalled
CBA negotiations
The NHL and NHL Players’ Association are hoping some objective voices can help bring an end
to their labour dispute.
With negotiations stalled
on a new collective bargaining
agreement, the sides have
agreed to allow U.S. federal
mediators into the process —
something they tried without
success on a couple of occasions

prior to the cancellation of the
2004-05 season.
“While we have no particular level of expectation going
into this process, we welcome
a new approach in trying to
reach a resolution of the ongoing labour dispute at the
earliest possible date,” deputy
commissioner Bill Daly said
Monday.
Added NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr: “We look
forward to their involvement
as we continue working to
reach an equitable agreement
for both the players and the
owners.”
The mediation will be non-

binding, meaning the sides will
not be forced to go along with
suggestions or recommendations made by Scot L. Beckenbaugh and John Sweeney.
Those mediators are scheduled
to meet separately with the
league and union on Wednesday.
Beckenbaugh was acting director of the Federal Mediation
and Conciliation Service during
the NHL’s last lockout and sat
in on sessions at that time. One
of those occurred just three
days before commissioner Gary
Bettman cancelled the entire
season in February 2005.

Where they stand
•

The NHL and NHLPA
haven’t met since last
week, when the union
tabled a proposal that
Gary Bettman quickly
labelled as one that left
the sides “far apart.”

•

They’ve managed to reach
some common ground on
a 50-50 revenue split, but
are divided on the amount
of additional payments
the league will make to
help ease the transition.

Grey Cup ratings
soar, but fall short
of national record
Television ratings for the
100th Grey Cup game
between the Toronto
Argonauts and the Calgary
Stampeders fell short of the
modern national record
set in 2009, according to
overnight data from BBM
Canada.
An average audience of
5.8 million viewers on TSN
and RDS tuned in to see the
Argonauts beat the Stampeders 35-22 at home.
The average of 5.5 million viewers on TSN is the
largest English audience for
the game since a new ratings measurement system
caused sports TV ratings to
skyrocket. But the overall
average falls short of the 6.1
million total viewers who
watched Montreal beat Saskatchewan shortly after the
new system was introduced
in 2009. The numbers for
that game were buoyed by a
larger audience on Frenchlanguage RDS.
THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Champion Argos about more than talent

The Argonauts celebrate in the locker-room after winning the 100th
Grey Cup on Sunday at Rogers Centre. NATHAN DENETTE/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ricky Ray saw it coming out of
training camp. These Toronto
Argonauts had a special bond.
They might not have been
the biggest, fastest or most heralded. But they had each other’s
back.
Ray, who came over from
the Edmonton Eskimos in a
blockbuster off-season trade,
credits GM Jim Barker and
rookie head coach Scott Milanovich for choosing the right
pieces in assembling what was
to become a Grey Cup champion squad.
“Scott and the staff and Jim
coming out of training camp
didn’t necessarily pick the best,
most talented guys,” said the
veteran quarterback. “They

Quoted

“There are so many guys
out there who can play
and don’t get their opportunities ... so it’s a real
blessing to be here, and
to have that opportunity I
was given.”
Grey Cup MVP running back Chad Kackert

picked guys that were going to
be good teammates over some
of those guys.
“That’s where it’s got to
start, it’s got to start with the
locker-room and how everybody gets along and everybody

playing for each other out
there. I think that’s been the
biggest difference for us.”
Barker says he and Milanovich both believe “it’s not
necessarily the 46 best players,
but it’s the best 46 players.”
“That means the 46 that can
work together the best,” the
GM said in an interview Monday. “It was about finding the
right blend of players — of veterans and rookies.”
Milanovich referred to that
brotherhood in his pre-game
speech before Sunday’s 35-22
championship win over the
Calgary Stampeders.
“Find strength in your teammates when things gets tough,”
he said. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Horoscopes

Aries

March 21 - April 20
Mars united with Pluto today
means you are intensely
ambitious. It also means you
don’t need other people. You
can do it on your own. Identify
your goal, and go out and get
it. Who is going to stop you?

Taurus

April 21 - May 21
You are a law unto yourself at
the moment. You believe you
can get away with anything.
However, just because you are
able to break the rules does
not mean you have to. Is there
another way?

Gemini

May 22 - June 21
There is a danger that you will
let slip information it might
have been wiser to keep to
yourself. However, once it is
common knowledge, there is
no point trying to deny it. Face
up to the truth — and potential
embarrassment.

Cancer

June 22 - July 23
One-to-one relationships are
under heavy stars at the
moment, so be careful how
you speak to partners and
loved ones. Above all, don’t let
minor disputes become major
feuds. Control your emotions,
whatever the provocation.

Leo

July 24 - Aug. 23
Your workload is likely to
increase dramatically today and
if your social life is busy too, you
could suffer health-wise. Clearly,
you need to cut back on what
you do, if only in the short term.
Give that party a miss.

Virgo

Aug. 24 - Sept. 23
You seem to be a lot more
assertive and ambitious of late
and that’s good. Others will be
mightily impressed by what
you manage to accomplish but
don’t do it just for the applause
— do it because it matters.

Sept. 24 - Oct. 23
Just because others get
emotional about silly things,
does not mean you have to do
the same. If certain people get
on your nerves, remove
yourself from their presence
— at least for a while.

Scorpio

Oct. 2 04 - Nov. 22
You will be on the move more
than usual today and with
Mars, planet of action, linked to
your ruler, Pluto, you will
accomplish a great deal. Just
don’t expect others to keep up
with your frenetic pace. You’ll
exhaust them.

Sagittarius

Nov. 23 - Dec. 21
Not even a Sagittarius can have
everything their way so accept
that what is happening now,
while not to your liking, is
something you have to put up
with. Can you turn it to your
advantage financially? Yes.

Capricorn

Dec. 22 - Jan. 20
With both Mars and Pluto
moving through your sign, you
will be a winner now and for
the remainder of the year.
Focus your energy in a single
direction and expect to be a
huge success. What you
expect, you will get.

Jan. 21 - Feb. 19
Cosmic activity in the most
sensitive area of your chart
means you will be happier on
your own today. You have lots
to think about and you can’t
do that with everyone
chattering around you.

How to play
Fill in the grid, so that every
row, every column and
every 3x3 box contains the
digits 1-9. There is no math
involved. You solve the
puzzle with reasoning and
logic.

Pisces

Feb. 20 - March 20
Try not to be too aggressive in
your opinions today. You are
entitled to your viewpoint and
you are entitled to express it,
but the more you talk the less
you will learn. No, you don’t
know it all. SALLY BROMPTON